Board Memberships and Affiliations

Board Member

Education

law degree

Tom adds managerial diversity to the Board with experience in the resource sector, finance law and investment banking.
He is currently Managing Director of Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers.Mr O'Leary joined Wesfarmers' Business Development team in 2000 and became General Manager of the team in 2002.He was appointed Executive General Manager, Business Development in 2006 before his appointment as Managing Director, Wesfarmers Energy in 2009.

Mr Tom O'Leary is the Managing Director of Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers.He joined Wesfarmers' Business Development team in 2000 and, following the acquisition of Howard Smith in 2001, project managed the integration of Bunnings and Hardwarehouse before returning to Business Development in 2002 as General Manager of the team.
Tom has led a number of major acquisitions and divestments since that time, including the Coles acquisition, and was appointed Executive General Manager, Business Development and joined Wesfarmers' Executive Committee in 2006.In 2009 he was appointed Managing Director of the Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers Division with the announcement to merge the two Divisions in April 2010.

Tom is a director of a number of Wesfarmers Group subsidiaries and related companies and has been a director of the Clontarf Foundation since 2006.

Prior to joining Wesfarmers, Tom worked in London for 10 years, initially in finance law with Allen & Overy, and then in investment banking and private equity at Japanese securities firms Nomura and Nikko.He holds a law degree from the University of Western Australia and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Tom holds a law degree from the University of Western Australia and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Prior to joining Wesfarmers, Tom worked in London for ten years, initially in finance law with Allen & Overy, and then in investment banking and private equity at Japanese securities firms Nomura and Nikko.

Tom joined Wesfarmers' Business Development team in 2000 and, following the acquisition of Howard Smith in 2001, project managed the integration of Bunnings and Hardwarehouse before returning to Business Development in 2002 as General Manager of the team.

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In 2009 Tom was appointed Managing Director of the Group's Energy Division, and then appointed Managing Director of the Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers Division with the announcement to merge the two divisions in April 2010.

Tom is a director of a number of Wesfarmers Group subsidiaries and related companies and has been a director of the Clontarf Foundation since 2006.He is also a director of the Australian Institute of Management WA, a member of the UWA Business School Ambassadorial Council and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Fertilizer Industry Association.

Tom holds a law degree from the University of Western Australia and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Prior to joining Wesfarmers, Tom worked in London forten years, initially in finance law with Allen & Overy, and then in investment banking and private equity at Japanese securities firms Nomura and Nikko.

Tom joined Wesfarmers' Business Development team in 2000 and, following the acquisition of Howard Smith in 2001, project managed the integration of Bunnings and Hardwarehouse before returning to Business Development in 2002 as General Manager of the team.

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In 2009 Tom was appointed Managing Director of the Group's Energy Division, and then appointed Managing Director of the Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers Division with the announcement to merge the two divisions in April 2010.

Tom is a director of a number of Wesfarmers Group subsidiaries and related companies and has been a director of the Clontarf Foundation since 2006.